Kathlen
- Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 85since 1946
Kathlen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kathlen has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
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| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Kathlen! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathlen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kathlen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1951 at #3,482 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 180,086
- Highest: 1 in 180,086 girls born in 1951 were named Kathlen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 47.1% of all girls named Kathlen (40) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 22 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,933 |
| 1950s | 40 | #3,482 (1951) | #4,878 |
| 1960s | 13 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,493 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 10 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,921 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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